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A cosmic ocean of shame: Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend confronts a history beyond the ken of storytelling

It is worth asking whether there are topics beyond the capacity of the novel. Are there subjects so immense in historical scope and in depths of human suffering that a form engineered to tackle but a bare handful of lives in sufficient detail cannot possibly accommodate them?

The Conversation

How did I spend Halloween? With an incredible group of nuns

Hosting an awards ceremony for these sisters, I realised the important work they do tackling modern slavery, writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

PM Modi urges citizens to strive and make India a developed nation by 2047

PM Modi urges citizens to strive for India's development by 2047. Launches 'MY Bharat' platform for youth to connect and fill India with new energy. Inaugurates 'Amrit Vatika' memorial garden with soil from 8500 urns. Draws analogy between 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' and Dandi march. India achieved many things during…

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Frontline services urged to help end modern slavery

The current caseload of modern slavery victims in NSW could cost as much as $9.6 billion as the state continues work to stamp out exploitation in workplaces.

AAP

South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule

South Korea’s top court has cleared a scholar of charges that she defamed Korean sexual slavery victims during the Japanese colonial rule in her contentious book published in 2013

The Independent UK

Brazil slave trafficker’s links to top bank spark debate over reparations

Researchers are at last revealing how slavery and the slave trade shaped the country’s institutions

The Guardian - US

Read Gandhi, Nehru, Vivekananda to rediscover India, says Aiyar

Rediscover India by rereading works of Gandhi, Nehru, Vivekananda: Aiyar. Modi's view of 1,200 yrs of slavery under Muslim & British rule wrong; India flourished during Muslim rule. Gandhi & Nehru said India's culture composite in nature; Hindi invented by Muslim Amir Khusro combining Brijbhasha, Turkish, Arabic & Persian.

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Boston councilmember wants hearing to consider renaming Faneuil Hall due to slavery ties

Boston’s City Council is expected to debate whether to hold a hearing on renaming Faneuil Hall, a popular tourist site that is named after a wealthy merchant who owned and traded slaves

The Independent UK

Black history bans: "They're so scared"

"When people know, they can never forget," author Michael Harriot says about reclaiming true American history

Salon

Helpline sees rise in suspected modern slavery cases among care workers

The Unseen charity works to support survivors of trafficking and modern slavery.

The Independent UK

Exposed: Secret report on UK modern slavery the Home Office didn’t want you to see

Foreign workers on British farms were allegedly starved, abused, denied medical care and financially exploited — so why did the Home Office try to cover up damning evidence from its own inspections?

The Independent UK

Britain risks being ‘left in the cold’ by ignoring demands for slavery reparations, MP warns

Exclusive: Bell Ribeiro-Addy, chair of the cross-party group on reparations, said UK had a ‘moral duty’ to face up to the past as campaigners gather in London this weekend

The Independent UK

Novelist Jesmyn Ward: ‘Losing my partner almost made me stop writing’

When the father of her children died suddenly, the US National Book award-winning author’s world fell apart. Three years on, she talks about grief, starting over and how she wrote her searing new novel about slavery

The Guardian - UK

Dutch king and queen are confronted by angry protesters on visit to a slavery museum in South Africa

Angry protesters in Cape Town have confronted the king and queen of the Netherlands as they visited a museum that traces part of their country's 150-year involvement in slavery in South Africa

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Princess Eugenie interviews former PM Theresa May for anti-slavery podcast

The late Queen’s granddaughter praised the politician for her work bringing in the Modern Slavery Act.

AAP

X, formerly Twitter, fined and may face slavery charges

Australia's eSafety Commissioner says some of the biggest tech companies are not living up to their responsibilities to tackle child sexual exploitation.

The Conversation

Cardinal Newman: pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy

One of the comforting stories the British told themselves in the 19th and 20th centuries was that they were implacably opposed to slavery.

The Guardian - UK

Labour accuses new antislavery watchdog of being ‘Conservative patsy’

Commissioner role was vacant for 18 months and is now set to be filled by former Boris Johnson adviser

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The Independent UK

Deputy Children’s Commissioner appointed to anti-slavery role

The position had been vacant since Dame Sara Thornton finished her term in April 2022.

The National (Scotland)

Scottish university reveals links to slavery profits in new report

A SCOTTISH university has revealed the connections of its 18th-century antecedent institution to the profits of slavery in a new report ...

Reason

Rethinking Columbus

Conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby explains why he reconsidered his previous favorable view of Columbus. The man was a brutal promoter of slavery - even by moral standards understood in his own time.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer urged to make King Charles pay for monarchy's role in slavery

A CAMPAIGN group within the Labour Party are calling on Keir Starmer to ensure King Charles pays reparations for the monarchy’s role in slavery.

The Guardian - UK

World’s first reparatory justice master’s launches in Glasgow and West Indies

Partnership between Glasgow University and University of the West Indies was established as part of a reparative justice programme

The Guardian - UK

‘We need to tell people everything’: Portugal grapples with legacy of colonial past

European country with longest involvement in the slave trade is coming under pressure to give ‘a real sorry’ for its role

The Conversation

Visa exploitation review urges tougher penalties and a ban on temporary migrants in sex work. Would this solve the problem?

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has railed against the exploitation of Australia’s migration system, saying it has been “used to perpetrate some of the worst crimes to humanity, sexual slavery and human trafficking”.

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